Podcasting: Dinosaur or Spring Chicken?

Some say that podcasting is a passing fad just like legwarmers and neon green RayBan knockoffs. Some also say that the podcast has allready outlived its coolness factor, kind of like my horribly old “Treo 600 that is so last year.”:http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=92495 It’s hard to believe that the podcast as we know it has only been around since 2003 and it wasn’t even called a podcast until Feb. of 2004. Check out the “facts and born on dating here.”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

I mentioned I had been producing a “podcast”:http://www.lockjawradio.com several weeks ago to a long time friend and fellow nerd. He laughed and said that is sooooo yesterday when are you going to do a vidcast? He was kind of joking but I also detected some truth that maybe podcasting had “jumped the shark.”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_the_shark (Thanks Danno for keeping my creative feet to the fire of new technology and yes I am looking at doing some vidcasting)

So is the podcast a “cheesy novelty that will pass”:http://www.micropersuasion.com/2005/11/tonights_cnbc_p.html like Ska music (apologies to the “Mighty Mighty Bosstones”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Mighty_Bosstones ) or will the podcast continue be the “first phase in the true leveling of the audio broadcasting field?”:http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/business/technology/13274854.htm Podcasting is blah for some folks but the mainstream media and most regular (non-nerd) folks still don’t really understand the full magnitude of this open-source approach to media.

With all the talk of Web 2.UhOh, podcasting, blogging, etc. I am more interested in the stories than the hype that are coming out of this cool crazy blender of technology and people. So here are a couple of real life examples of cool podcasting stuff that has influenced Thomas Eorgan and I with our podcast “lockjaw radio.”:http://www.lockjawradio.com

*Christopher over at “the bizcast”:http://thebizcast.com/ , one of the first podcasters that I connected with, gives us a great review and not just because we are in the same state. Mad props to him and his new endeavors. Great guy and great insight into that mesh of technology and marketing.*

*Joseph Jaffe from “across the sound podcast”:http://www.acrossthesound.net and “Jaffe Juice”:http://www.jaffejuice.com has invited us to review his book and help him prove the whole Using new Marketing to Prove New Marketing concept.*

*Jeremy from Australia and one of the creators of “waxmail”:http://www.waxmail.biz has been plugging us and is one of our several Australian listeners.*

Here are several of the friends and compadres that we listen to and support. Check them out!

*”Bandwagon Radio”:http://www.jumponthebandwagon.net Humorous tech news and internet rock stars—Make sure to check out the cookie of the week.

*”Across the Sound”:http://www.acrossthesound.net Two Marketing Moguls talk about the ad industry and new media. Best new media marketing stuff around.

*”The M Show”:http://themshow.com/ Only 10 minutes and jampacked with tech and news goodness.

*”Brain Brew Radio”:http://www.doughall.com/radio/ Doug Hall and friends from the “Eureka Ranch”:http://www.eurekaranch.com talk about great ideas and marketing for small business. Doug has some of the best ideas in the business.

Think about it… what does the future of podcasting look like?

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Shees Marie, you cutting edge techie dudes! I still am having trouble finding the delete button on my Radio Shack 126 computer. And you are saying podcasting is passé? Slow down a little guys you make me feel old……. uh, I guess I am.

I found this after I posted and I put it on the article as an update. Seems like this has been brewing for quite some time. But it definitely doesn’t appear any closer to a resolution. I would just like to know the real story and hopefully put the whole thing to rest.